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project life 2013: choose


Welcome 2013! I know I will always cherish this year. It’s the year Karl and I will be getting married, the year I will graduate from Columbia and the year that welcomes the first book club baby! So many exciting events on the horizon and who knows what else this year will bring. This year I will be documenting my weeks with Project Life for the first time. Between grad school, teaching second graders and planning a wedding, it is hard to do this weekly…so I am going to do the best I can. This year I also decided to participate in Ali Edward’s One Little Word Project. I even asked my second graders to pick a word that would inspire them for the year. I was amazed at how well they enjoyed this concept. For myself, I decided that choose would be the best word for 2013. This year will bring on lots of adventures, changes, decisions, tears, conversations, smiles, next-steps, etc.,

and I choose to be open to them.

let’s be adventurers

KPA and I decided to drive down to Charleston, South Carolina during my spring break! He really wanted to catch some redfish and I just wanted to get away for awhile. Also, Charleston seemed to be the closest city with palm trees! These are some pictures I took with my iPhone during our short stay. (Sadly, I didn’t even get one picture with my ‘real’ camera). This was a new city, for both of us- so it was really fun exploring. I didn’t know what to expect from Charleston, but it’s such a fun little city! We even brought our bikes, which was the best decision we made on a road trip!  Unfortunately, I had to interrupt our trip to write a paper for class. So, while I enjoyed the nicest Starbucks I’ve ever been to, KPA fished!
Although, we weren’t too pleased with our accommodations  (very reminiscent of our days living in Hawaii and Bear Brook), we both had a really great time. We didn’t catch any fish, but it was nice to share an adventure together–just like the old days!
I brought along some journaling supplies to document the trip, so I will be back sharing my Charleston Mini-Book and some more of our adventures!!